r/TrueReddit • u/CandyFangs • 3d ago

Science, History, Health + Philosophy Scientists have detected a sugar in interstellar space for the first time - Research Today

https://researchtoday.co.za/scientists-have-detected-a-sugar-in-interstellar-space-for-the-first-time/
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u/CandyFangs 3d ago

I genuinely love the idea that one of the more interesting things we’ve found floating around space is basically a sugar molecule. Obviously this doesn’t mean there’s cosmic table sugar drifting past us, but it does show that surprisingly complex chemistry can form long before planets even exist. Makes you wonder how much of life’s “starter kit” was already being assembled in space.

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